why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Opinion
Sadeghpour: Etsy's new CEO sent an email violating CAN-SPAM laws
“The new CEO of Etsy sent an email to everyone, and he was not what I believe following, ah, can't spam laws.”
Insight
Sadeghpour: Web traffic shifted from backlinks to single-flush viral streams
“The internet has really changed quite a bit. It's no longer about having people create links to your articles. It's really about that Stream of traffic that comes with one flush.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sadeghpour: Soliciting email lists for Hacker News upvotes causes bans
“Because if you do that, you will inevitably get banned, and that doesn't go with the culture of Hacker News.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Over 200,000 people downloaded YouExec's PowerPoint pitch deck template
“So, for example, we had a PowerPoint pitch deck that we had over 200,000 people download”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
In-email links receive 3x more clicks than webpage links, Sadeghpour finds
“And what we include on the email itself gets about three X more links than what we include on the webpage where you can go from the email to the webpage.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sadeghpour: Viral ad post generated roughly 30,000 total page views
“So, well, the Hacker News event led to Reddit, which led to high scalability, which leads to other things. So I would say total of, what, 30,000 views.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sadeghpour: Viral post converted into over 1,000 free newsletter signups
“We definitely got over a thousand people to sign up for a free newsletter.”